Ronaldo embodies hard work while Messi shows how far passion can get you. Both worked incredibly hard, but in drastically different ways. Messi perfected his game while Ronaldo dialed in his fitness, recovery, and maximized his ability while sacrificing some of himself for the team concept at Real Madrid.
Ajax didn’t just beat Madrid they completely outplayed them. They also went toe to toe with Bayern who won it a year later. And were very unlucky not to be in the final and maybe could have won it.
He definitely could have in 2016 if he maintained his form from the first half of the season. Him and Suarez were an amazing duo without Messi on the team
Real madrid were way better defensively and could play counter attack. Barca always wanted to play possession